JPMorgan, the nation’s largest bank, has said it will require employees to return to offices rather than continue working at home after the pandemic. Apple Computer has asked its corporate headquarter employees to return at least three days a week starting in September.
Office workers aren’t all happy with this. Apple employees, for example, have protested the new policy and stated that some have already quit their jobs. On a larger scale, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that record numbers of people are resigning from their jobs, some out of fatigue as the pandemic is winding down but some because they are happy working at home and don’t want to be ordered to go back to an office.
“Humans have a fundamental need for autonomy,” observes Texas A&M Business Management professor Anthony Klotz, who specializes in employee and organizational behavior. He predicts there will be a “great resignation” in the next few months. Managers who insist that employees return to the pre-pandemic methods of working, he adds, are guilty of “lazy management.”
Klotz is not the only one to see that some workers are more willing to give up their jobs than to give up telecommuting. Bloomberg writers Anders Melin and Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou have found many employees who “are quitting instead of giving up working from home” because telecommuting saves money, reduces stress, and potentially increases productivity, not to mention helps people avoid exposure to communicable diseases.
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Unfortunately, decisions about working at home could become as politically volatile as wearing masks or getting vaccinated. In line with the ancient principle that the needs of wealthy property owners outweigh the needs of lowly office workers, New York City mayor Bill De Blasio has ordered 80,000 municipal office workers to return to offices, whether they needed to or not, just to help support urban businesses and property values. Not to be outdone, Andrew Yang, who is running for De Blasio’s term-limited seat, has proposed tax breaks for companies that require their employees to return to work rather than work at home.
Both Yang and De Blasio are considered progressives who often boast that they side with ordinary people over wealthy property owners. It is ironic that the people who want to save downtowns and old-style cities call themselves progressive while those who support or, at least, would allow further decentralization often consider themselves conservatives. De Blasio and Yang’s ultimate concern may be the specter of losing tax revenues if businesses move to the suburbs or smaller cities, but people who truly cared about the health and welfare of ordinary people should not be trying to force people back into crowded workplaces if they don’t want to work there can perform well enough at home.
The decision to work at home should be between an employer and the employee and not be subject to government interference. Employers who are unwilling to let people work at home even when can do such work productively should be prepared to see employees leave for other, more flexible employers.
“Working from home” is presented in the news as something new. For years (possibly for ever) sales people have worked remotely, often from home. In my experience, when a project (such as a report) needed doing and a deadline loomed, the responsible person would disappear from the office to get it done. It was recognized that the office was often a lousy place to concentrate on serious work.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
“Working from home” is also presented as an all-or-none business decision. Some jobs are easily done remotely — more so with modern technology — others not.
American dowtowns are nothing like European downtowns.
We should be more like Europe?
“Unfortunately, decisions about working at home could become as politically volatile as wearing masks or getting vaccinated.”
I would guess that there will be quite a few resignations over requirements to get vaccinated. Oregon government universities are all requiring COVID vaccine, and I’ve friends who’ve said they will request an exemption, and if not granted, they will quit. Can’t imagine the state requiring vaccination, especially for students, who are largely immune to the worst effects, will help enrollment.
“The decision to work at home should be between an employer and the employee and not be subject to government interference.”
Similarly, the decision to inject an experimental cocktail of chemicals that lacks years of longitudinal data should be between a person and their doctor and not be subject to government interference.
My body, my choice.
Remember, DiBlasio encouraged people to ride the subways saying you couldn’t catch COVID in a crowded subway car.
Caring for the citizens is not in his DNA.
On February 6, 2020, our woke organization’s board passed a resolution declaring a climate emergency. Part of that resolution reads “staff will evaluate administrative procedures to incorporate the consideration of climate change impacts for all relevant proposed policies, programs, or actions approved by the Board of Directors.” Shortly thereafter, employees were requested to take action to fight global warming in a staff meeting.
With COVID-19 winding down, there is a push to have staff return to the office at least 3 to 4 days per week. This aggressive policy contradicts the Board’s climate emergency resolution and the instructions that were given to staff. Does forcing office workers to contribute to the region’s vehicle emissions and traffic congestion when alternatives like telework available mean the climate emergency is over? Were climate change impacts considered when drafting this policy, as required by the resolution? If management wants staff to fight global warming, they should help by doing everything possible for staff to reduce travel demand and unnecessary emissions.